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2. What was the main problem with the French economy during Louis XIII's reign?
Everyone was too lazy to work
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3. Which king ordered the construction of Versailles?
Richelieu
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4. Who was appointed as a financial advisor to Louis XIV?
Jean Baptiste Nolbert
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5. What did the French financial advisor to Louis XIV do to protect French goods from foreign competition?
Enacted embargoes on all foreign goods
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6. Where was the French government spending lots of its money in 1776?
Louis XX's court
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7. Why couldn't the French King or his ministers print any money?
They didn't have any printing presses
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8. Which important financial institution did Napoleon Bonaparte establish?
Bank of Lyons
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9. Which naval battle decided that France was not going to rule the world economically?
Battle of the Marne
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10. What was the "continental system"?
Adam Smith's plan to transform Britain into a nation of shopkeepers
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